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shining, glabrous. Pronotum rather strongly produced backwards in both 

 sexes, its anterior margin straight, the posterior one convex ; lateral lobes high, 

 their inferior margin subangulate, widely bordered with yellow ; prosternum 

 with two small spines. Tenth abdominal tergite of male very deeply and angu- 

 ]ately emarginate at the apex, supraanal valve triangularly produced ; cerci 

 short and stout, bearing a small apical tooth, directed outwardly, their internal 

 face slightly extending in a blade, bearing an acute tooth about the middle; 

 subgenital plate wide, slightly concave at the apex ; ; styli ? (wanting). Tenth 

 tergite of female like that of the male but less deeply emarginate, supraanal valve 

 smaller, feebly produced ; cerci short, conical ; subgenital plate wide, its 

 posterior margin emarginate, forming two rounded lobes with two small tuber- 

 cles near the apex of the notch. Titillators angled, the inferior border of 

 their apical part armed with a few strong spines. Ovipositor long and almost 

 straight, apical margin of the valves obhquely truncate. 



Legs concolourous ; anterior coxae with a very long, strong spine ; femora 

 stout, armed inwards with 3 or 4 inferior spines and a very small genicular 

 one ; tibiae armed above with 3 external spines, beneath with 6 spines on each 

 margin ; intermediate femora armed with 2 small genicular spines and 1 to 4 

 inferior external ones ; tibiae armed above with 2 external, 4 internal spines,, 

 beneath with 6 spines on each margin. Posterior femora very long, armed 

 beneath with 5 internal, 7-8 external small spines and 2 small genicular ones ; 

 tibiae a httle longer than the femora, armed with 4 inferior apical spurs, 12 

 acicular small spines on each inferior border and 2 superior apical spurs, 30-31 

 external and 26-27 internal rather strong spines . Tarsi rather long, 2nd joint 

 almost as long as the 1st, 3rd short, very much depressed, free plantulse of the 

 metatarsus much shorter than the half of the metatarsus. 



Elytra of the male extending almost to the apex of the 2nd abdominal tergite, 

 rufous brown with the marginal field whitish and a fulvous marking near the 

 internal angle ; anterior margin weakly convex, apex truncated, internal 

 margin sinuate ; 2 lateral veins, humeral vein furcate. Elytra of the female 

 almost hidden by the pronotum, rounded, their sutural margin slightly over- 

 lapping. 



Length of body, S , 27 mm., $ , 25 mm. ; length of pronot., d , $ , 10 mm ; 

 elytra, ^ 7 mm., §,4-5 mm ant. f em., S $, 9-5 mm. ; ant. tibiae, c? 2, 11 

 mm.; interm., 6 2} H mm.; interm. tib., c?$,12 mm.; post, fern., d $, 

 33'5 mm ; post, tibiae, J $ , 32'5 mm.; ovipos., 26 mm. 



Gen. — ^Mageettia, Br. 

 Magrettia mutica, Br. 



Magrettia mutica, Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888, Verhandl.k-h.zool-hot. Oes. 

 Wien, XXXVIII, p. 285, fig. 18— Adelung 1902, Ann. Mus.Zool.Ac.8c. Petersb., 

 VII, p. 16. ^. J 



Mesopotamia: Ruz, 16-18 (W. E. Evans), 1 young male^ in tuft [of earth. 



Although immature this example shows the principal features given in 

 Abei.ung's very good redescription of this interesting species. 



Fam.— GRYLLID^. 

 Gen. — Gkyllotalpa, Late. 

 Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa, L. 

 Mesopotamia: Amara, R. Tigris, 10-12-17,1^; 30-3-18,1 d". 

 Gen. — Teidactylus, Oliv. 

 Tridactylus savignyi, Guer. 

 Mesopotamia : Amara, R. Tigris, 10-4-18, 1 d" ; 30-6-18, 1 d" • 

 Those two specimens are large (5 mm.) and of a very recessive coloration. ' 



